One year, eight months, 16 days Posted By Lorena I've been a widow now for one year, eight months, and sixteen days. Twenty months and two weeks, if you call it by the way...
Dear Tim; who were you, even? Posted By Lorena CW: grief, confusion, anger, you know, all that stuff that comes with death of a spouse and being a widow. Dear Tim; Sometimes I wonder......
What it’s like to advertise as a small, one person, maker/artist/craft business Posted By Lorena In short? A f'in nightmare. Print advertising seems like it's hardly worth mentioning. I'd love to be able to afford to advertise in my favorite...
This Week in Vacation Planning (10/22/23) Posted By Lorena At this point the dates for my vacation next year have changed so many times, I've started not even telling my friends with whom I...
Navel Gazing Let’s talk about Anxiety Posted By Lorena I've always been anxious. I never wanted to be, I don't enjoy it, it's definitely not something I wake up in the morning and think... Read More
Navel Gazing Too many forks and not enough spoons Posted By Lorena CW: death, grief, widowhood, mental health Dear Tim; A couple of weeks after you died, I was putting clean silverware away, and I had a... Read More
Planners Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Winner Posted By Lorena And the winner is.... The Go Girl Agenda Planner. And by "winner" I mean it had the most I could actually use and the least... Read More
Planners Planner Thunderdome 2023: Legend Planner Pro Weekly Posted By Lorena Y'all. Look at this COVER! I so, so, so, SO wanted this to be The One! Did I buy this one just for the cover?... Read More
Planners Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Legend Planner Posted By Lorena I really, really, REALLY wanted to like this planner. The cover is gorgeous! But.... it comes with the almost-same too-small-to-read printed "how to use this... Read More
Planners Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Go Girl Undated Weekly & Monthly Planner Posted By Lorena Journal #3, another Go Girl Planner; this one the undated weekly and monthly planner. It has a slightly larger "how to use this" page, and... Read More
Planners Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Go Girl Agenda Planner Posted By Lorena Journal #2! The Go Girl Agenda planner. I really, really don't want to use something called the "Go Girl" planner, it sounds way too much... Read More
Pets This week in “I Have Too Many Pets” Posted By Lorena I'm about to boot all the studio cats out, fixed or not. Let me show you something absolutely disgusting. See, we are arguing, the studio... Read More
Souvenirs It was twenty years ago today, Sgt Pepper taught the band to play Posted By Lorena If you would have asked me twenty years ago what I thought I might be writing, looking back on twenty years of marriage, talking about... Read More
Monday Musings Favorite foods Posted By Lorena Do you have a favorite dish, special dessert, or go-to recipe? Where has this dish made appearances in your life? Is there a common thread?... Read More
Planners Planner Thunderdome 2023: The Clever Fox Planner Posted By Lorena I was going to do this as one post with all five planners that I bought to flip through, but I took a lot of... Read More
Letters to Tim Hey, bud, it’s been a while since I’ve written Posted By Lorena CW for anyone new, the posts in my "Letters to Tim" series touch on the death of a spouse, living with loss, the blend of... Read More